The whole situation seems a bit strange. It is a Friday night, May 24. You would think that there would be more people there to eat, if it is a popular place as we are led to believe. If a school bus is till making the rounds, it must not be too late in the evening.
Also, what strikes me as odd is that there are is no outdoor lighting, which means it is not very inviting. It does appear as though the two ping pong players are look outs and they don't want the place lit up.
James Alefantis said the reason he had the ping pong table outside was because when they first opened they weren't doing well and he wanted A. to draw attention to the place and B. To let people know they could play ping pong there. It became popular about a year or two after it opened.
I think he said this in an interview well before pizzagate broke. Found it. He said that in a Washington Post article about the neighborhood commission hearing about the table outside.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703433.html
. The first Washington Post review of the place said it was not an immediate hit when it opened in 2006, the food was inconsistent. But the review was done 9 months after they opened and they got 2.5 stars out of 4 which is a great review for a casual neighborhood place. I'm sure they did very well after that review.
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Commoner ago
The whole situation seems a bit strange. It is a Friday night, May 24. You would think that there would be more people there to eat, if it is a popular place as we are led to believe. If a school bus is till making the rounds, it must not be too late in the evening.
Also, what strikes me as odd is that there are is no outdoor lighting, which means it is not very inviting. It does appear as though the two ping pong players are look outs and they don't want the place lit up.
RweSure ago
James Alefantis said the reason he had the ping pong table outside was because when they first opened they weren't doing well and he wanted A. to draw attention to the place and B. To let people know they could play ping pong there. It became popular about a year or two after it opened.
I think he said this in an interview well before pizzagate broke. Found it. He said that in a Washington Post article about the neighborhood commission hearing about the table outside. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703433.html . The first Washington Post review of the place said it was not an immediate hit when it opened in 2006, the food was inconsistent. But the review was done 9 months after they opened and they got 2.5 stars out of 4 which is a great review for a casual neighborhood place. I'm sure they did very well after that review.